Salisbury, Melinda The Sin Eater’s Daughter, 320 p.
Scholastic, 2015. $18. Mature Content: PG-13 (birthing scene,
slightly graphic sex); Language: G; Violence: PG.
Twylla, 17, was revealed as Daunen Embodied years earlier,
but that means that just her touch will kill, unless that person is of royal
blood. Her destiny is to marry the
Prince and be Queen. In quick succession
the Prince returns from his travels, Twylla receives a new guard, and her other
guard, a faithful friend, is taken ill.
In the company of her new guard, Lief, Twylla finds a friend and a
confidant, someone who doesn’t seem afraid that she might touch and kill,
someone who makes her laugh. She and the
Prince seem to becoming to know each other better also, and Twylla starts to
struggle with her feelings, torn between the two. The Queen is hiding several dark secrets,
some which have direct bearing on Twylla’s future – and her life.
I was in love with this book, until it started falling apart
about two-thirds of the way in. Not only
does something weirdly unrelated suddenly become a major plot device, but also
the “love story” becomes the totally unbelievable trope of “I was hired to ruin
you, but now I truly am in love with you.”
I hate that SO MUCH! That is the
worse kind of lie that has ever been used as a plot device. I was more than done by the time I finished
the last third of the book.
NOT RECOMMENDED.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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